CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A federal jury has found a Charlotte man guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, the verdict was returned Thursday after a two-day trial for 36-year-old Marcus Jamal Shankle.
Prosecutors said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police confronted Shankle on Oct. 3, 2024, as he was leaving a restaurant. Officers said Shankle tried to pull a handgun from his waistband and was disarmed, but then grabbed a second gun.
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Shankle was shot during the struggle with officers. Investigators recovered two firearms, including a Ruger .40-caliber pistol and a stolen KelTec .380-caliber pistol, prosecutors said…